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The City Government of Strasbourg (1485)
This diagram shows the structure of Strasbourg’s government after its final reform and before its suppression during the French Revolution. Diagram by Thomas A. Brady Jr.
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Augsburg around 1500 (1493)
The quintessential German Renaissance city and one of Germany’s oldest, Augsburg was a rival to Nuremberg, just 75 miles to the north. During the sixteenth century, Augsburg hosted many Imperial....
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Bamberg around 1500 (1493)
The seat of a powerful Franconian prince-bishop and the burial place of sainted Emperor Henry II, Bamberg was a perfect example of the ecclesiastical towns known as “German Romes.” At the center....
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Cologne around 1500 (1493)
Cologne was the most important city of northwestern Germany, the seat of an elector-archbishop, and an important trading post for goods from all over Europe. Around 1500, it had a population of around....
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Lübeck around 1500 (1493)
Beginning in the 14th century, Lübeck was a major hub of seaborne trade in northern Europe and the capital of the Hanseatic League. A failed intervention in the Northern War of 1533-34 marked the....
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Nuremberg around 1500 (1493)
From the early 15th to the mid-16th century, Nuremberg was the most important city in southern Germany, custodian of the Imperial crown, and a major center of printing and manufacturing. Although....
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Würzburg around 1500 (1493)
The seat of a powerful Franconian prince-bishop who resided there, the Marienburg in Würzburg, shown below, was one of the strongest fortifications in southern Germany. Woodcut by Michael Wohlgemut,....
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Jakob Fugger the Rich (c. 1518)
Jakob Fugger (1459-1525) was the richest burgher in the Empire and perhaps the richest merchant-banker in all of Europe. Descended from a family of Augsburg merchants, he managed a firm that traded....
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The Princely Fuggerei in Augsburg (undated)
In 1521, the wealthy merchant-banker Jakob Fugger endowed a housing complex for needy citizens of....
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Frankfurt am Main under Siege in 1552 (c. 1555)
Forces under Elector Moritz of Saxony besieged the city of Frankfurt am Main during the revolt against Emperor Charles V in 1552. Though Protestant, Frankfurt sided with the emperor and withstood....
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